The actual myths are pretty good. But there also plenty of way better versions with way better writing to choose from. I know I have had a lot of beef with Nathaniel Hawthorne in the past, but you seriously have got to respect and admire the purely unfounded and enthusiastic confidence he had in his

I’m not certain of Hawthorne’s target audience but I have to assume, after reading this, that it was medieval cosplayers between the ages of seven and seventeen. This has a Shakespearean verbiage that may have been in vogue in 1853, but now reads as pretentious and wordy. Still, there were a few mom

I love reading Greek Myths. They are tales of flawed heroes, gargantuan monsters, and what happens when mankind tries to create their own gods.
Tanglewood tales took all that away.
Instead there were perfect heroes, easily defeating enemies and no mentions of the gods. As Christians, the purpose of Gr

This was fun!

I had no idea that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote children's books, but he did a pretty good job of this one.

Of all the retellings in this book, The Minotaur was probably my favorite. Theseus was such a fun hero, and all the odd little twists and turns made for a fun story.

Even though all

I listened to these Greek myths as told by Nathaniel Hawthorne over a weekend. My kids listened to some of these as well and really enjoyed the ones that they heard. I'm sure they'll request that we download these again the next time we have a long car ride as we all enjoyed listening. The stories a